SAN ANTONIO — It isn’t just Worldcon that recognizes the talent of John Picacio. The local science fiction/fantasy artist returned home from this year’s Comic-Con International with an Inkpot Award, a Comic-Con honor given to folks “for their contributions to the worlds of comics, science fiction/fantasy, film, television, animation, and fandom services.” Picacio won his […]
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The world will be watching science fiction’s most prestigious award, which takes flight right out of the Alamo City. The 2013 Hugo Awards will be broadcast live online via Ustream. The ceremony unfolds Sunday, Sept. 1, at 8 p.m. central in San Antonio, home of the 71st World Science Fiction Convention or Worldcon. Ustream will […]
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At long last, John Picacio can add that elusive rocket trophy to his collection. The San Antonio artist finally won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, thanks in large part to his stellar “A Song of Ice and Fire” 2012 Calendar (right), based on the George R.R. Martin books and HBO “Game of Thrones” […]
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The 2012 Hugo Award nominations are out, and once again San Antonio fantasy illustrator John Picacio has been recognized with a 2012 nod for Best Professional Artist. This marks the eighth consecutive Hugo nomination for Picacio, who has never taken home the rocket trophy. Yet. The Hugo is the most prestigious award in science fiction, […]
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Glad to see my latest batch of Commie Award winners had such an influence on the 2012 Eisner Award nominees. Because Commie winners are awesome and deserve a little prestige beyond a super-cool laser gun trophy. Though I’m not sure you get much better than a virtual laser pistol for a major award, but anywho… […]
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This is tremendously flattering. The San Antonio Current has named yours truly Best Local Blogger for Geek Speak in its Best of San Antonio awards, which has me stammering like an idiot even more so than usual. So let me just say thank you to everyone who made this possible, I really appreciate it. And […]
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John Picacio (Lisa Krantz/lkrantz@express-news.net) I hoped to add “Hugo Award winner” to the many accolades for John Picacio, what with my profile on the science fiction/fantasy artist and San Antonio native. But no such luck. Shaun Tan won the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, beating out the sixth-consecutively-nominated Picacio and other best pro […]
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(johnpicacio.com) It’s another well-deserved accolade for San Antonio’s own John Picacio. The sf/fantasy illustrator won a Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustrations (Magazine) for “Asimov’s” Sept. 2009 (pictured). The Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists give the Chesleys to the top talents in “the field of fantastic arts,” to which Picacio more than qualifies. […]
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